Instructor Myeshia C Babers Course ANTH 210 502 Term Fall 2013 Chapter 1 Notes 1 Chapter 1 What is Anthropology a Key Distinguishing Features i A focus on the concept of culture ii A holistic perspective iii A comparative perspective b The Concept of Culture i The learned values beliefs and rules of conduct shared to some extent by the members of a society that govern their behavior with one another 1 Symbolic Culture 2 Material culture c The Concept of Culture II i Symbolic Culture People s ideas and means of communicating those ideas Page 1 of 6 Instructor Myeshia C Babers Course ANTH 210 502 Term Fall 2013 Chapter 1 Notes ii Material Culture The tools utensils clothing housing and other objects that people make or use d A Holistic Perspective i A perspective that views culture as an integrated whole no part of which can be completely understood without considering the whole ii Considers the interconnections among factors that contribute to people s behavior e A comparative Perspective i Universals vs diversity Anthropologists collect data in many societies to document the diversity of human culture and to understand common patterns ii Culture Change Cultures are not static they Page 2 of 6 Instructor Myeshia C Babers Course ANTH 210 502 Term Fall 2013 Chapter 1 Notes change in response to internal and external pressures iii Globalization Globalization concerns the spread of economic political and cultural influences across a large geographic area or many different societies f The Four Subfields of Anthropology i Cultural Anthropology ii Linguistic Anthropology iii Archeological iv Biological g Four subfields of Anthropology Figure 1 1 Pg 6 h Cultural Anthropology i The Study of Human Culture 1 Ethnology 2 Ethnography 3 Ethnocentrism cultural relativism Page 3 of 6 Instructor Myeshia C Babers Course ANTH 210 502 Term Fall 2013 Chapter 1 Notes i Linguistic Anthropology i Interconnection of language culture and society 1 Indigenous languages 2 Historical linguistics j Archaeology i The Study of material Culture 1 Historic 2 Prehistoric 3 Applied k Biological Anthropology i The study of human origins and contemporary biological diversity ii Paleo anthropology 1 Evolution 2 Primatology 3 Human variation iii Medical anthropology l Applied Anthropology i The application of the techniques and theories of anthropology to solving realworld problems Page 4 of 6 Instructor Myeshia C Babers Course ANTH 210 502 Term Fall 2013 Chapter 1 Notes ii Includes the fields of 1 Forensic Anthropologist 2 Cultural Resource Management CRM 3 Contract Archeology m Forensic Anthropology i Employs biological anthropologists who analyze human remains in the service of 1 Criminal justice 2 Families of disaster victims n Cultural Resource Management i The application of archeology to preserved and protect historic structures and prehistoric sites o Contract Archaeology i The application of archeology to 1 Assess the potential impact of construction on archeological sites 2 Salvage archaeological evidence Page 5 of 6 Instructor Myeshia C Babers Course ANTH 210 502 Term Fall 2013 Chapter 1 Notes Career Opportunities in the Four Subfields of Anthropology Figure 1 1 P 7 Page 6 of 6